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No. 623,055. Patented Apr. u, I899. L. WEISS & A. B. FRAUENHAR. sAn munHOLDER.

(Application ma Apr. 1, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEOPOLD WEISS AND ABRAHAM B. FRAUENHAR, OF NEWV YORK, Y.

SAD-IRON HOLDER.

' srEcIrIoA'rroN forming part of Letters Patent no. 623,055, sad A rni1, 1899.

Application filed April 1, 1898. Serial No- 676,126. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEOPOLD WEISS, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, and ABRAHAM B. FRAUENHAR, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany,both residing at New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSad-Iron Holders, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to sad-iron holders; and the object thereof is toprovidean improved device of this class which is adapted to hold orsupport a sad-iron on a table or other article and which is providedwith improved means for waxing the iron and also for cleaning said iron.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which' Figure 1 is aplan View of our improved sadiron holder, and Fig. 2 apartiallongitudinal vertical section on the line 2 2.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofour improvementare designated by the same numerals of reference in eachof the views, and in the practice of our invention we provide a stand orholder for sad-irons which comprises a metal base 5, havingdownwardly-directed legs or supports 6, and at one end of said metalbase 5 is a depression 7, of the form of a sad-iron, the bottom of whichis preferably cut out or provided'with a spider-frame, as shown in Fig.1, and we also preferably form around said depression 7 perforations 8,the object of forming the depressions 7 being to provide a receptaclefor the iron which will prevent it from slipping off of the holder, andthe object of providing the spider-frame bottom for said receptacle andthe perforations around said receptacle being to decrease the amount ofmetal employed in said base and to render the same as light as possible.

Centrally of our improved sad-iron holder we place a plurality of pads9, which are composed of any suitable cloth, woolen cloth beingpreferred, and these pads 9 are secured to a bottom piece 10, ofcardboard or other suitable material, by means of a metal brad 11, whichis passed upwardly therethrough and through said cardboard and which isprovided at its lower end with a head 12, and the base 5 isalso providedwith projecting prongs 13, which are formed from the material thereofand bent upwardly and inwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, said prongs13 being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and in order to connect theblock of pads 9 with the base 12 the said cardboard 10 is passed beneaththe prongs 13, and in practice the sad-iron when in use is passed overthe upper pad in order to clean the bottom thereof, and this operationwill also determine whether. or not the iron is too hot for use, andwhen said upper pad becomes soiled or otherwise unfit for use it is tornoff and the next successive pad used in similar manner.

We also employ a waxing-block 14, which consists of a cake of the waxusually employed and which is provided with a textile covering 15,whichextends entirely around it, and this waxing block is also secured to abottom piece of cardboard or other suitable material, and the base 5 isprovided with prongs 17, similar to the prongs 13, and the waxing-blockis connected with the base by passing the edge of the cardboard 16beneath said prongs. In order to wax the iron, it is passed over theblock 14 in the usual manner, and it will thus be seen that weaccomplish the object of our invention by means of a device which issimple in construction and operation and well adapted to produce theresult for which it is intended, and it will be apparent that changes inand modifications of the construction described may bemade withoutdeparting from the spirit of our invention or sacrificing itsadvantages.

It will also be understood that new waxingblocks and new pad-blocksmaybe employed whenever necessary.

Having fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. Asad-iron holder, comprisingasuitablysupported metal base at one end of which is a depression adaptedto receive a sad-iron, said base being also provided with a block ofdetachable cloth pads and a waxing-block, and means for detachablyconnecting said block'of cloth pads and said waxing-block with saidbase, substantially as shown and described.

2. A sad-iron holder comprising a suitablysupported metal base at oneend of which is a depression adapted to receive a sad-iron, said basebeing also provided with a block of detachable cloth pads, said clothpads being secured to a bottom piece, and said base being provided withprongs beneath which said bottom piece is inserted, substantially asdescribed.

3. A sad-iron support, comprising a metal base at one end of'which is adepression adapted to receive the iron, said base being also providedwith a detachable block of cloth pads and with a waxing-block, saidwaxing-block being provided with a textile covering and saidwaxing-block and the pads being secured to bottom pieces, and said basebeing prm vided with prongs 0r catches beneath which said bottom piecesare inserted, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoingas our invention we have signedour names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 29th day ofMarch, 1898.

LEOPOLD WEISS. ABRAHAM B. FRAUENHAR.

Witnesses:

L. M. MULLER,

M. A. KNOWLES.

